Smithtown station
Smithtown | |||||||||||||
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 Eastern view of the Smithtown station house. | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | Redwood Lane Smithtown, New York | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°51′22.55″N 73°11′57.38″W / 40.8562639°N 73.1992722°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  Suffolk County Transit: 5, 56 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes; Free and Town of Smithtown permits | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes; Bike Rack | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 10 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 1873 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1937 | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | 1,608[1] | ||||||||||||
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Smithtown is a station on the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located off a low bridge over NY 25 – 25A along Redwood Lane between NY 25 – 25A and Landing Avenue in Smithtown, New York.
History
[edit]Smithtown station was originally built in 1873[2] by Charles Hallett of Riverhead for the Smithtown and Port Jefferson Railroad. In 1937, the station was rebuilt, and the grade crossing at Main Street (NY 25/NY 25A) immediately west of the station was eliminated.[3][4] A freight spur exists west of the bridge under Brooksite Drive.
The station contains a mural along the track side of the station called "Nissequogue Passages," by Robert Carioscia, which was sponsored by the Smithtown Township Arts Council in 1989.
Station layout
[edit]This station has two high-level side platforms, each 12 cars long. On either end of the station, however, the tracks merge. Most trains utilize Platform B, with select trains using Platform A to allow two trains to bypass each other through the station.
References
[edit]- ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
- ^ "Long Island Travel". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. January 3, 1873. p. 4. Retrieved June 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Photo of pre-1937 Smithtown Station[usurped]
- ^ Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Images of Rail. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. p. 78. ISBN 0-7385-1180-3. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
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